Closure.



A. SOLOMON.

CLOSURE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1011.

Patented Sept. 23., 1913.

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ABE SOLOMON, OF ST. LOUIS, MIEZSOURI.

CLOSURE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Ann SOLOMON, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louls, State of Missouri, have mvcnted new and useful Improvements in Closures, of

which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to closures, and

more particularly adapted for milk bottles and like vessels and has for an obj ect to provide a sanitary and eilicient means for closing the tops of bottles and the like.

' For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a circular body adapted to fit overthe top of a vessel provided with a plurality of diametrically opposed integral upwardly extendingqflanges, the said flanges being adapted, to act as hinges for the closure and the said closure having 21. depending flanged portion so that the closure will closely contact with the outside of the bottle and will not "engage-the inner edge or pouring side thereof.

In a large number of closures for milk bottles and the like, the saidlclosure when disposed to close the bottle engages the inner pouring edge of the bottle and after a that it: an be easily removed from the bottle.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters or": reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view disclosing a bottle with my closure attached thereto. Fig. 2- is a perspective view showing my closure in inverted position, and Fig. 3 is a .eectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Eigi 1. p eferring more particularly to the views,

1 cm by a vessel 10 provided with an integra peripherally extending flange 11 spaceda distance from the upper edge 12 of the-vessel." The upper edge 12 of the vessel fl!) is filfpv d w'withintegral flanges 13 e t- Specification of Letters Patent.

App1icat1on filed March 11, 1911.

Patented Sent. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 613.919.

tending upwardly from the said edge and relatively opposite to each other.

A closure l-lconsisting of a circular portion .15 provided with a laterally extending flange 16 integrally formed with the edge of the portion 15 is adapted for connection with the top of the vessel 10. The flanges 16 of the closure .14 are provided with oppositely disposed indentations 17, said indentations being adapted to receive the flanged portions 13 of the vessel 10 and the closure 14 is attached to the said vessel "as shown in Fig. 1. I

By referring to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen that a portion of the flange 16, on one side of the indentations 17, is made slightly smaller than that portion of the flange on the other side oi. the indentation 17 so that when the closure is mounted upon the vessel with the flanges 13 received in the indentations 17, the closure can be subjected to a swinging motion.

By applying pressure to an edge of the rhisure 11 at a point midway between the flanged portions 13 of the vessel 10, the opposite edge of the closure 141 will be lifted from the vessel, the said flanged portions 13 acting as :fulcrums for the closure, due to the swinging movement to which the closure jean be subjected.

By referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings, it will be seen that my closure in no manner engages the inner pouring edge of the vessel, while at the same time it substantially covers the entire top of the vessel, thus providing a closure that not only completely closes the top of the vessel, but acts as a sanitary covering for the vessel in that .the said closure does not contact with the pouring edge oil? the vessel.

It desirable, the closure 14 can also be removed from the vessel 10 by imparting a turning movement to the closure so as to remove the integral flanges 13 of the vessel from the indentations 17, thus causing the closure to be lifted with respect to the vessel, as will be readily understood by referring to the views.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, is

In combination with a vessel having an exteriorly arranged peripheral flange formed with the vessel at the upper end thereof, the said vessel being provided with oppositely arranged upwardly projecting flanges ,forme adjacent the peripheral flange, of a closure consisting of a circular portion haying an, integral depending flange provided with indentations oppositely opposed and adapted to normally receive the upwardly extending flanges of the vessel therein when the 010- sure is normally seated thereon, a portion of the depending flange of the closure, between the indentations thereof, being reduced to 1 normally lie in spaced relation to the upper 10 end of thevessel adjacent the peripheral flange thereof. o In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

. ABE SOLOMON. Witnesses:

N. SOLOMON, A. R. SOLOMON. 

